Proving manufacturability at the design stage using commercial modeling Software: Through feature mapping and feature Accessibility

Computer-Aided Design and Applications

Volumn 2, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 507-516

  Srikumaran, S ^a   Sivaloganathan, S ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design Feature; Feature Mapping; Manufacturing Feature; Pro Engineer; Pro Toolkit; Set up Planning

Indexed keywords

DESIGN FEATURES; FEATURE MAPPING; MANUFACTURING FEATURE; PRO/ENGINEER; PRO/TOOLKIT; SET UP PLANNING;

CONNECTORS (STRUCTURAL); MACHINING; MANUFACTURE; MAPPING;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 34250695299     PISSN: 16864360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16864360.2005.10738400     Document Type: Article

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